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Announcing the Windows 8 Editions — Today I would like to share information with you on the editions that will be available for “Windows 8” when it is released to market. We have talked about Windows 8 as Windows reimagined, from the chipset to the user experience.

Google Drive Lives: Google Drive App Found — If you needed any more proof that Google Drive was alive, look no further than this screenshot of the OS X app. I've been able to download and run the app and it is currently idle, sitting quietly in the corner, unable to connect to the mothership.

The Lonely BlackBerry Store — RIM's Sole Stand-Alone Outlet Serves as Reminder of Failed Corporate Strategy — FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.—On a gray stretch of highway 25 miles northwest of Detroit, in a strip mall next to an OfficeMax and a dry cleaners, sits the only stand-alone BlackBerry retail store in North America.

Oracle: Google execs knew they needed permission for Java — SAN FRANCISCO — Google engineers and executives knew they needed permission to use Java software tools when they created the popular Android mobile program, but Google went ahead without a license, an Oracle attorney told jurors Monday in federal court.

Hulu, the Online TV Site, Adds Original Programming — Five years ago, some of the most powerful players in television banded together to introduce Hulu, a streaming service intended to revolutionize the TV industry. — This week, Hulu will look more like a traditional network than an Internet pioneer.

United Continental CFO Now an Apple VP of Sales — Zane Rowe, executive VP and Chief Financial Officer for United Continental, the holding company that owns United Airlines, has a new job — at Apple. Rowe, who has served as United's CFO since October 2010, is leaving the airline …

Google-backed research fights review spam — Seeing through the sockpuppet — University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are taking aim at fake reviews, which they say can seriously damage online businesses. — In particular, the Google-backed study is designed to seek out organized groups …

Mobile ad firm Madvertise buys Turkey's Mobilike — Most Berlin startups are looking to get acquired, but here's one that's doing the buying: Madvertise, which has just picked up Turkey's top mobile advertising company Mobilike for an undisclosed sum. — Madvertise is already …

Twitter Mobile Ads Can Now Be Targeted By Platform — Twitter has announced another incremental step in the development of its ad products: Promoted Tweets can now be targeted to users of specific mobile platforms. — Twitter's also announcing that Promoted Tweets are now showing to Blackberry users.